Air blasting devices for plumbing purposes to clean, clear, unclog, or unstop drains or pipes
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1. An improved plunger comprising:
- a hollow shaft vertically extending upwards from a crest of an inverted rubber plunger cup;
a generally V-shaped handle attached to a top distal end of said shaft, wherein said handle comprises;
two mirrored arms that face inwards so that neither of said arms nor said shaft share a vertical or a horizontal plane;
hence, all of the arms and the shaft travel in separate planes, said handle further is removably detachable from said plunger so that it can be washed, disinfected, and sanitized;
a base that is a leg vertically extending downwards a length where said arms meet;
at least one extension shaft portion to extend a height of said shaft;
a threaded rod to connect said shaft to said plunger;
a continuous sidewall extending vertically from said rim and thereby forming a mouth of a cavity and tapering to a horizontal plane, said sidewall extending nearly vertically upwards to extend a height, and hence a volume, of said plunger cup; and
,a series of ribs spaced radially about said sidewall and formed along a vertical centerline of the plunger cup as a thickened protrusion of the sidewall, wherein said ribs provide a rebound resiliency to said sidewall to prevent collapse of said sidewall when the plunger cup is depressed, thereby allowing for the sidewall to rebound to its original shape;
a cavity at a crest of said plunger cup that travels a vertical depth to accommodate a first length of said threaded rod, wherein said first length of said threaded rod comprises a circumference slightly smaller than that of said cavity; and
,a second, remaining length of said threaded rod comprising a second circumference slightly smaller than that of a hollow depth protruding from at least at a distal end of said shaft, wherein said depth at said distal end of said shaft comprises corresponding threads along an inner shaft wall which mate with those on said second, remaining length;
wherein said cavity comprises corresponding threads across its inner wall that mate with those on said first length of the rod;
wherein said cavity receives said first length of said rod while said second, remaining length is received in said depth of said shaft.
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Abstract
An improved plunger comprises a generally V-shaped handle attached to a top distal end of a shaft. The handle comprises two mirrored arms that face inwards from a base so that neither of them nor the shaft shares a vertical or a horizontal plane. The handle is removably detachable from the plunger so that it can be washed, disinfected, and sanitized. At least one extension shaft portion extends a height of the shaft when it is not collapsed into and housed in the hollow shaft.
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1. An improved plunger comprising:
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a hollow shaft vertically extending upwards from a crest of an inverted rubber plunger cup; a generally V-shaped handle attached to a top distal end of said shaft, wherein said handle comprises;
two mirrored arms that face inwards so that neither of said arms nor said shaft share a vertical or a horizontal plane;
hence, all of the arms and the shaft travel in separate planes, said handle further is removably detachable from said plunger so that it can be washed, disinfected, and sanitized;a base that is a leg vertically extending downwards a length where said arms meet; at least one extension shaft portion to extend a height of said shaft; a threaded rod to connect said shaft to said plunger; a continuous sidewall extending vertically from said rim and thereby forming a mouth of a cavity and tapering to a horizontal plane, said sidewall extending nearly vertically upwards to extend a height, and hence a volume, of said plunger cup; and
,a series of ribs spaced radially about said sidewall and formed along a vertical centerline of the plunger cup as a thickened protrusion of the sidewall, wherein said ribs provide a rebound resiliency to said sidewall to prevent collapse of said sidewall when the plunger cup is depressed, thereby allowing for the sidewall to rebound to its original shape; a cavity at a crest of said plunger cup that travels a vertical depth to accommodate a first length of said threaded rod, wherein said first length of said threaded rod comprises a circumference slightly smaller than that of said cavity; and
,a second, remaining length of said threaded rod comprising a second circumference slightly smaller than that of a hollow depth protruding from at least at a distal end of said shaft, wherein said depth at said distal end of said shaft comprises corresponding threads along an inner shaft wall which mate with those on said second, remaining length; wherein said cavity comprises corresponding threads across its inner wall that mate with those on said first length of the rod; wherein said cavity receives said first length of said rod while said second, remaining length is received in said depth of said shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An improved plunger, comprising:
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a shaft vertically extending upwards from a crest of an inverted rubber plunger cup, wherein said plunger cup comprises; a rim that flanges outwards before a first continuous sidewall extends nearly vertically upwards; a second continuous sidewall affixed to said first sidewall where said first continuous sidewall begins to taper to a horizontal plane, said second continuous sidewall next extends nearly vertically upwards to extend a height, and hence a volume, of said plunger cup; and
,a third continuous sidewall affixed to said second continuous sidewall when said second continuous sidewall begins to taper another horizontal plane, said third continuous sidewall tapers inward toward and travels a short distance in a third horizontal plane before it tapers again upwards in a vertical plane where it terminates at a mouth of a cavity; wherein each of said continuous sidewalls comprises a circumference smaller than a last such that said plunger cup is embodied as a plurality of concentric, stacked sidewalk; and a series of ribs spaced radially about said sidewall and formed along a vertical centerline of the plunger cup as a thickened protrusion of the sidewall, wherein said ribs provide a rebound resiliency to said sidewall to prevent collapse of said sidewall when the plunger cup is depressed, thereby allowing for the sidewall to rebound to its original shape. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a plunger having an inverted suction cup terminating a linearly elongated driving handle, wherein the improvement comprises:
a series of ribs spaced radially about a sidewall and formed along a vertical centerline of the inverted suction cup as a thickened protrusion of the sidewall, wherein said ribs provide a rebound resiliency to said sidewall to prevent collapse of said sidewall when the plunger cup is depressed, thereby allowing for the sidewall to rebound to its original shape. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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